You battled Mother Nature to get your crop in the ground this spring. Soon, it will be time to take the next step in the fight to produce your best possible crop. That’s where our NutriSolutions ^® tool and MAX-IN ^® products come in.

You’ve done everything right on the front end, providing the fertilizer according to the soil test to enable your crop to perform. But, the cool temperatures and high moisture conditions we’ve seen this spring can inhibit plant uptake of essential nutrients or, in some cases, remove those nutrients completely from the root zone.

NutriSolutions uses plant tissue sampling to determine what your growing crop needs are early in the season, while there’s time to address any deficiencies. We’ll take the sample for you, send them to a lab for testing, and interpret the results. Then, we can address any deficiencies and enhance yields using foliar-applied MAX-IN nutrients.

Not only can we put your fertility back in balance, but NutriSolutions also gives us an opportunity to evaluate your total fertility program. We can determine if you’re getting good nutrient uptake, and whether you need to be applying more nitrogen or phosphorous in order to reach your yield goals. With these commodity prices and the good moisture we’ve received, this isn’t the time to take your foot off the gas. Let us help you get every bushel you can from every acre.

Tissue testing can pick up on problems the eye can’t always see. But keeping a close eye on your fields is pretty important, too. Make sure you’re scouting for disease and insects not only in your sunflowers, but in your corn and wheat, as well. We can help.

If you need some extra eyes, we have an agronomy team who can scout your fields. If you’re a Midwest Cooperatives customer, we offer basic pre- and post-application scouting services at no charge. That’s hard to beat.

Even though it feels early, this is the time to be thinking about the fertilizer needs of your winter wheat crop. We already experienced some issues with product availability and the logistics of getting fertilizer here this spring season. Knowing what your needs are as far ahead of time as possible will help us serve you better going into winter and spring 2012. Take a minute on the next rainy day to put a pencil to paper and determine your fall needs. Contract now to make sure we’ve got your inputs when you need them.